If you listen to terrestrial radio, and live in the San Francisco Bay Area, north of San Jose, you most likely have heard of KSFO AM. Last weekend, the managers of that radio station decided to fire weekend talk host Barbara Simpson suddenly and for most listeners shocklingly. Barbara was affiliated with that station for over nineteen years, since it's inception as a conservative leaning radio station. This was a few years after Rush Limbaugh show everyone that conservatives could appeal to a large portion of the population. Some local blogs, such as richlieberman 415media have been flooded with posters...

Conservative talk radio is like a big pot of soup filled with chunks of carrots, potatoes, celery, tomatoes, corn and whatever other vegetables were tossed in. Each personality is different, but they contribute to the overall flavor. Liberal talk radio is a similar pot of soup with the same ingredients but it's been pureed. There are no lumps, and it all looks the same – bland with no personality. It's no surprise then that conservatives get attention and criticism from the political opposition, which doesn't like to be confronted with differing thoughts and ideas. Political correctness clashes with reasoned opinions....

The Senate vote on immigration failed. The issue is dead. Or is it? No, it isn't – and Americans better not be complacent about it. The politicians will be back with another version, regardless of which party wins the next election. Locally, the same mentality prevails to circumvent law, logic and morals on the part of politicians, activist groups and churches and the media are cheerleaders. Example: Front page, Contra Costa Times in Northern California, July 11. Complete with intentionally emotional pictures, it described a 1.3-square mile area on one street in Concord with 91 apartment complexes housing some 38,000...

Why am I not surprised? While Washington is roiled in the divisiveness of the immigration/amnesty bill, the pencil pushers are working on the building of "THE FENCE"! I'm talking about the fence that's supposed to be built along the Mexican border to cut down the number of illegal aliens sneaking into this country every day. Well, it's not really a fence, as any normal person would imagine. This is a new-fangled one. It's a high-tech "fence" that depends on towers, radar, cameras, video terminals, detectors and all kinds of technology – so much in fact, that Border Patrol agents will...

We're in the middle of a domestic immigration war, and it's a classic. The blind are leading the blind. The selectively deaf are leading the selectively deaf. Their enemy is the electorate. They march onto the Washington congressional battlefield with the banner of their leader, George W. Bush, flapping in the wind. The coat of arms is golden yellow, emblazoned with a cross on the shield, supported by two bold figures – a fruitcake and a skunk – all on a field of mockingbirds.Golden yellow is for cowardice in the face of pressure groups – everything from big business and...

"DRIP on all politicians." That's the advice of my buddy and top, long-time, now retired, San Francisco talk host, Jim Eason. He said it for years, never changing his opinion. DRIP = "Don't Return Incumbent Politicians," – one term, and they're out. I'm there. In fact, I'm hard pressed to keep my language decent after watching people elected to protect this country work so hard to sell us out by trying to push through the deceptively named Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007. No matter how it's painted, the proposed law is amnesty for people who came here illegally and...

Today is Memorial Day. Do you have any idea what that means? For starters, think about two young men whose bodies were officially identified May 23, after being killed in Iraq.Pfc. Joseph Anzack of Torrance, Calif. was found shot to death and floating in the Euphrates River. Who knows what torment he endured before he died; he and two other soldiers were ambushed and taken prisoner May 12. His buddies are still missing. Pvt. Oscar Sauceda of Del Rio, Texas was killed May 22, after he and his unit were hit by enemy small-arms fire. He was with the 1st...

The gaggle of senators announced the immigration compromise with glee. I feel I've been punched in the gut and that my country is being stolen from me by elected government officials. They say it will solve the "immigration" problem but it's amnesty, no matter how they sugarcoat it. If this abomination passes, the country as we know it is lost. It grants instant legal status to the 12 to 20 MILLION illegals in this country now; no one knows how many, and they're not all from Mexico. We have illegals here from more than one hundred countries, including Communist China...

I envision her as a Viking warrior, whose body is sent to the gods on a fiery barge with all the honors due. Oriana Fallaci was outspoken, courageous, dedicated, talented, passionate and honest – in her personal life and in her writings as a journalist, reporter and novelist. And now she's gone. The call, early Friday morning, brought me the news I dreaded. Oriana Fallaci had died at 3 a.m. in a private clinic in the city of her birth, Florence, Italy. She was 77. She is survived by siblings and their children. I cried. I felt I knew her...

If you were to believe the picture presented by the media, you would think South Africa is a political, economic, cultural and social utopia. After all, the media picture goes, apartheid is gone, Nelson Mandela is free, blacks are in charge and all's well. Things are as they should be. Well, not exactly. In fact, things in that physically beautiful and natural-resource rich country are pretty rocky, but so much is at stake in preserving the image of order and peace that the realities are ignored on the world stage, especially in the United States. But there may be a...

What do people think about the rioting and destruction in France? It's hard to say because beyond some "good pictures" of torched cars and firemen and police trying to deal with an out-of-control situation, we aren't getting the whole – much less the real – story. For the third continuous week, a good part of France is in flames and wilding mobs in the streets have wreaked havoc on business areas and neighborhoods. The whole country is the victim of wanton violence and destruction. From a news-coverage point of view, what do we get? Not much – not much accuracy...

They say if you want a donkey to do something, get his attention first. So, whack him on the head with a 2-by-4. That'll do it. But what about people? How many times do humans have to be hit on the head before they pay attention? Oh, I don't know. Let me count the ways: The U.S. Embassy takeover in Iran; the Hezbollah kidnapping of 20 U.S. and other hostages in Lebanon; destruction of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut; destruction of the U.S. military barracks at Beirut airport; truck bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait; truck bombing of U.S....

Happy Birthday to us! Yes, us, the United States of America – 229 years old and still kicking! Given the state of the world, politics, jealousy, philosophies, ego and human nature, it's almost a miracle we're still here and generally intact. Not that there wasn't, and isn't, an effort – exterior and, unfortunately, interior – to change us and ultimately to destroy us. Evil hates good and whatever you think about the frailties of the United States, overall, we are a good and benevolent country. Oh, how some people hate that. It galls them to attribute goodness to us (U.S.)...

If a country – my country – the United States of America, could look into a mirror, what would it see? What would be reflected to illustrate what kind of country it is – today, in the year 2005? What would that reflection tell us about who we are and the kinds of lives we live? What hints might be in that reflection of what our future holds? If the truth were told, it might not be the reflection most Americans would prefer. Yes, we still fly the stars and stripes and maintain our Constitution and the Bill of Rights....

Did you make up your mind yet about President Bush's Social Security proposal? Do you want some control over your future retirement or do you want to rely on the government to take care of you? Heads up! If Social Security faces financial problems in the near future, look again at Medicare-Medicaid. Hold your breath. While you've been distracted by politicians on both sides of the aisle who don't have the courage to speak the truth or use the brains God gave them at birth, the media, in their role as maidservant to the status quo – as perceived by...

Massive slaughter is old hat for Africa. Living beings mowed down for no good reason with automatic weapons or slashed with machetes. Rivers of blood and bloated bodies. This time, it's not dead people. This time, it's animals, beginning with big game. Since the usual reaction of the rest of the world to African bloodbaths is to ignore it or to '"tsk tsk" that nothing was done soon enough, it's not surprising that the current slaughter in Zimbabwe is virtually ignored in the media and the West. For lovers of African wildlife – giraffes, lions, elephants, hippos, antelopes, cheetahs and...

wish I'd met him in person, but despite the lack of direct human connection, I feel I knew him. I also know there was something unique about this man, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church John Paul II. Was it his words? There's no doubt he was an educated man and a talented writer. He could reach the audiences to which he spoke, whether in person or in print. He had a way of choosing the direct path to our heart, our mind, our conscience and our soul. This was a man who was comfortable speaking to millions of people...

The wrangling continued even before Terri Schiavo's body was cold. Would there or woudn't there be an autopsy? All along, we were told the husband wouldn't allow it. Then we were told Florida law requires autopsy and it would be done by the Pinellas county medical examiner. When Terri's parents requested that renown forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril H. Wecht be allowed to observe, the answer was "no." Would she be buried or cremated? The family requested a Catholic funeral with Terri's body. Terri is Catholic; her husband Michael isn't. He said "no." Where will her remains be laid to rest?...

The steaks and salmon are sizzling. Mushrooms and onions are sautéed in butter and garlic. Corn is steamed; butter melted. Pasta is boiling and sauce bubbling. It smells so good. Terri Schiavo won't smell them. Salad is tossed in dressing and adorned with feta cheese. Crusty bread and butter await, and a fine wine is uncorked and left to breathe. Coffee brews and tea steeps while desserts tempt the eye and palate. Terri Schiavo won't taste them. Our lives go on. We eat and drink and sleep and wake and smile and cry and love and hate. And Terri Schiavo...

Do you hear it? I do. The countdown clock is ticking – the zero hour is 1 p.m. EST, March 18 ... five days from today. On that day, a young woman in Florida will begin being murdered by the judiciary. It appears no one can stop it. Now that's power. On that day, the tube supplying food and water to an infirm young woman, Terri Schiavo, will be removed. It will be done for just one purpose: to kill her. To end her life. Her father, Robert Schindler, calls it "judicial homicide." It's more than that. If Terri's feeding...

It must run in the family – it's genetic. Remember the "Read my lips, no more taxes" line delivered with political sincerity by the first President George Bush – and famously ignored with the same sincerity? Now his son, the president, has done the same thing. The question is, when a president says it, is it a lie? You decide. On Dec. 17, 2004, President George Bush signed the National Intelligence Reform Act. The law included the requirement that 10,000 Border Patrol agents would be added over five years – that's 2,000 per year. In addition, the legislation also...

As you read this, Terri Schiavo might be processing. That's the au courant word to use these days. It means dying. Processing means that medical attempts to keep the person alive will not happen. It means someone, somehow, somewhere decided the patient's time has come and they will not stand in the way of death, even if that life could be saved. Terri Schiavo is alive, brain damaged from a mysterious injury 15 years ago in her apartment with her husband present. She cannot swallow. Her husband, Michael, has refused her therapy that might wean her from the feeding tube....

As you read this, Terri Schiavo might be processing. That's the au courant word to use these days. It means dying. Processing means that medical attempts to keep the person alive will not happen. It means someone, somehow, somewhere decided the patient's time has come and they will not stand in the way of death, even if that life could be saved. Terri Schiavo is alive, brain damaged from a mysterious injury 15 years ago in her apartment with her husband present. She cannot swallow. Her husband, Michael, has refused her therapy that might wean her from the feeding tube....

What a world! At one-and-the-same time, we argue issues of life and death under euphemisms of pro-choice, pro-life, the right to choose, the right to die. First, we have the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the legalization of what has come to be abortion on demand at virtually any time during the nine months of pregnancy. It ranges from days-old fetuses to fully developed, near-term babies. We still argue about it, but it has diminished the value of human life and was a kick down the slippery slope. Can there be any doubt when I can look at today's newspaper...

"I'm sorry, so sorry. Please accept my apologies." Words from one of my favorite songs, but the "I'm sorry" line has gotten out of hand. Cut it out! Just in the last week, we've been "sorry'd" to death. Dan Rather did journalistic mischief, played a classic game of CYA, got a slew of underlings fired and gets away with a simple "sorry." Then there's Prince Harry, the 20-year old "spare" prince of the British monarchy who wore a Nazi costume to a party. Unfortunately for him, the tabloids got a picture and it became world news. It was a stupid...

<p>She didn't twist my arm, but Mom convinced me to see Michael Moore's new movie.</p>
<p>I'd told her there was no way I'd spend my hard-earned money on his propaganda!</p>
<p>Mom – a dyed-in-the-wool FDR Democrat – knows my politics. When she learned I'd not seen the movie, she had a cause: get me to attend with her and a crowd of her Democrat club buddies. In fact, her local theatre booked the movie because Mom touted it to them.</p>

Truth is stranger than fiction. Right now, we don't know which is which. Things are strange. First he was gone from his base in Iraq, then reported lured and kidnapped, then threatened, then beheaded, then alive, then safe, then back in U.S. custody. Huh? It's a sure thing, this didn't just happen. I don't believe for a minute, this wasn't planned and executed with cunning to cause disruption in the military and in American minds. Like a cat toying with a mouse, I think we've been had. The issue deals with a 24-year-old Muslim man – a member of the...

Let's stop beating around the bush. Why keep pretending we're a sovereign country? We are, of course – on paper. But in practice, despite the troops in uniform, the high sounding rhetoric of politicians and pundits, the flags on high and our history of defending liberty – we're giving it all away and no one seems to care. I'll take that back. I care and I'll bet most Americans care, but the powers that be, our elected officials, don't pay much attention to us. They only want our vote every two or four years and, of course, they want our...

Not that they cared, but the barbaric Muslims, who wave the religious banner of Islam with each murderous act, took more than the life of Paul M. Johnson Jr. They brutally kidnapped, tortured and ultimately coldly – and no doubt with militant Islamic pride – slaughtered an innocent man. They don't care. Vice President Dick Cheney said we'll hunt the killers "one by one, and destroy them." Wrong. "One by one" won't do it, because it'll turn into a case of Islamic Terrorist Whack-A-Mole and death is their ticket to paradise. An al-Qaida website provided photographic proof: the bloodied body...

I couldn't attend the Reagan ceremonies, so I did the next best thing: I watched the live TV coverage of the events honoring the life and death of former President Ronald Wilson Reagan. I wanted a variety of coverage. But I dropped the hope of "variety" quickly as I realized that mainstream media couldn't resist petty partisanship and historical revisionism. CNN went on about how Mr. Reagan really didn't have much to do with the fall of the Soviet Union. ABC's Peter Jennings reminded us that Simi Valley was home to the white police involved in the Rodney King scandal....

I am sick of ridiculous federal court rulings and I'm angry. It's about abortion, unborn babies and court rulings beyond "wrong." I know. Nothing today is "wrong." Nothing is a "lie." Anything goes because limitations offend people. The "offendee" can force others to eliminate the "offense." In fact, offending someone is the worst sin of all. Oops. Sorry. No such thing as "sin" either. It's so hard to know what's right and wrong.Uh oh. Sorry, again. There is no right and wrong. If it feels good, sounds good and offends no one – do it. No one will stop you,...

I'm proud to be an American? Are you? It's an appropriate question as we celebrate Memorial Day because this holiday honors our military men and women who gave their lives for their country. Our country. My country. It's an appropriate question every time we celebrate this holiday, but perhaps even more so this year as we're being racked by hateful rhetoric. It runs the gamut from derision of the president and his administration, to denunciation of the war in Iraq, to vilification of anything and everything this country stands for or has ever done. It's a wide range of hate...

No apologies here because of a news story about a 16-term congressman that got national coverage – I'm glad it did since it was because of me, it became newsworthy and got media play! Between May 6 and 12, you heard about a California congressman who cussed out a constituent, who's also a staff sergeant in the California Army National Guard. The story started on KSFO radio in San Francisco, was then heard on Rush Limbaugh's syndicated radio program, seen on San Francisco area NBC-TV news and covered in local newspapers. Then it was reported on stations across the country,...

Be honest: If I showed you those infamous pictures of goofing-off soldiers and naked men, what would you think? Be honest. You'd think it was a fraternity hazing, soft-porn joking around – maybe "dirty French postcards." Does that offend you – that people can have fun in soft-porn activities? It shouldn't. There are pictures equally as offensive in fashion magazines, in music videos, on cable television and certainly, in your friendly, neighborhood movie theatre. It's part of the culture – in fact, part of the world those young soldiers (male and female) inhabit. You inhabit it, too, even if you...

> Karen Majewski, City Council President of Hamtramck, Mich., said, it has "very little to do with" the town. "It has to do with change." Uh oh. People of belief, especially Christians, are enduring "change" – with the intentional removal of every speck of prayer and religion from our schools, textbooks, courthouses, government, military, town squares, commerce, the media, entertainment, music – whatever and wherever it might be found. So how do you explain Hamtramck, Mich.? It's perfectly clear that no matter where it is, how it's portrayed or what its role, the very existence of belief sets atheist and...

The tactic worked. They attacked the innocent – brutalized, killed and strung them up. No, this isn't the Crucifixion or "The Passion" movie. It's about Iraq's terrorists. They killed four civilian workers, burned them, brutalized their bodies and hung them before the cameras to be viewed around the world. They're doing it again, taking hostages and threatening death and mutilation. Now, it's an American civilian, Thomas Hamill, being threatened with torture and death. Kidnapped Japanese face threats of burning alive along with kidnapped Israelis, Italians and others. Threats, too, of cannibalism. The terrorists know what they're doing and what they...

Col. J.C. Coleman, chief of staff for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq, said "We were going to roll in there all quiet like the fog." But they didn't. Col. Michael Walker, a Marine civil-affairs commander, said "Should we have sent in a tank so we could have gotten, with all due respect, four dead bodies back?" Damn right, they should have gotten those four dead bodies back. Those four dead bodies in Fallujah were the bodies of former military men, three Navy Seals and one Army Ranger. I guess they don't count because they were civilians. Col....

It must be some form of insanity. In the year 2004, the U.S. Senate is defining what's growing in the uterus of a pregnant woman. And it did, in the Unborn Victims of Violence Act: "d) As used in this section, the term 'unborn child' means a child in utero, and the term 'child in utero' or 'child, who is in utero' means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb." We knew that. When a woman is pregnant, she's going to have a baby. Not a puppy or a...

Brutal, bloody and thin-skinned "The Passion of the Christ" I said, "is a Roman Catholic movie, made by Catholics for Catholics, presenting the distinctly Catholic view of Biblical record of the crucifixion. From its title, which is distinctly Roman Catholic, (no one else calls Jesus, "the Christ" except in the expression, "the Christ child,") to its content, emphasizing Mary's role, it is Roman Catholic."It is not possible to criticize this movie without it directly or indirectly criticizing Catholic doctrine or sentiment. Therefore, according to Roman Catholics, you are not suppose to criticize this movie, because that is, ipso facto, Catholic...